Thus, preparations were completed up to Belede, and the wedding began.
(This is a time delimiter.)
The simplified wedding ceremony naturally had a priest standing.
Beril’s gaze turned to the guest seats. The atmosphere in the guest seats was unlike a typical wedding, only subdued.
There were no people greeting each other happily, and the anxious faces glancing at each other across the virgin road reminded more of a battlefield than a wedding hall.
The demons were trying to look human and were not as hostile to the priests as possible, but the priests were different.
“If Duke Vain is a demon, are Vainka’s servants also demons?”
“Must be. Demons live together, don’t they? Then the knights too…….”
They also paid attention to Vainka’s knights, who were known to operate in small elite groups.
“Well, it makes sense if they are demons. Each one is strong, so there’s no need for many.”
The priests were making sense in their way, but it was not the correct answer.
Since negative emotions of humans were needed for the survival of demons, many demons could not be active.
“But don’t demons not restrain their desires? With so many priests, they suppress their aggressive nature.”
“It’s absurd.”
“So the Saint chose wrong?”
“We’ll have to see…….”
Hearing this, the demons thought.
We’re going mad too?
They wanted to wipe them all out. They wanted to pluck out those eyes that looked at them with disgust.
Especially the insolent gazes towards Demon Archduke Belede made them struggle to contain themselves several times.
But what took precedence over their desire and hostility was the strong command of the demon.
Demon Archduke Belede had ordered them to be quiet, so they remained still.
Thanks to that, they were acting more demonlike than ever, but they were getting past the priests’ suspicions.
“Then we will proceed with the wedding ceremony.”
In the midst of the strange atmosphere, the voice of the priest in charge of the ceremony rang out.
“The two protagonists of the ceremony, please come to your places.”
The empire’s wedding was concluded with the groom and bride firmly believing in each other on the virgin road, swearing to be together for life, and the bride leaving in the groom’s arms.
But this time it was different. Firstly.
“Hold this and sprinkle it precisely. Do you understand?”
Next to Beril, the priests gathered like soldiers staring at the enemy lines.
They tightly handed her a bottle containing holy water and earnestly urged her. That holy water, once filled with divine power, had recently become rare and precious.
“I understand.”
This was the third time she had heard this warning, and she was annoyed. But now she felt it anew.
Madness was already apparent in their eyes. They were thinking of nothing but going to heaven from now on.
If she sprinkles the holy water and the opponent is revealed to be a demon, it seemed they didn’t care what happens to the saint standing before them.
She felt sick.
Beril tightened her grip on the bottle of holy water. The priests backed away, seemingly satisfied with her response, but her thoughts were different from theirs.
I’d rather pour it over your heads.
It seems like you’d react. If those named priests take care of only their gains this much, then what are they if not demons?
And I heard that Belede was late to the funeral because he was dealing with the demons of the territory.
Even though Vainka’s land was of the devil, not all the subjects were demons; in other words, he had entered the battlefield for the sake of humans.
But the priests.
During her last two marriages, the priests did not face the demons within the empire for the sake of righteousness.
It was because all the temples that should be at the center of stopping them were gathered at her wedding venue.
Shouldn’t they stop it if there’s a bigger demon?
Too many humans died in the meantime. Was it the same this time?
The hand holding the bottle seemed to shake violently.
“Then, the entrance of the bride and groom.”
Then the words of the officiant were heard. The glamorous wedding dress, which the priests did not like, sparkled as it caught the light.
“Whew.”
I don’t know why this sight gives me such a sense of liberation.
This sparkling wedding was a new experience. There was no place left undecorated from the silver ornaments, symbolizing the bride’s happiness, that flowed from the veil to her fingertips.
All of these were prepared by the demons, not the priests.
―Swish.
Not only that, but the ones holding the end of her long dress were also demons. The priests were glaring at Belede from afar, as if they did not even want to approach the virgin road.
“…….”
Beyond the small platform set up on the virgin road, Belede’s eyes met hers.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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